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31.Dd March 7, 2012
32.Dt GETDISKRAWNAME 3
33.Os
34.Sh NAME
35.Nm getdiskrawname ,
36.Nm getdiskcookedname
37.Nd get the block/character device name for a disk
38.Sh LIBRARY
39.Lb libutil
40.Sh SYNOPSIS
41.In util.h
42.Ft const char *
43.Fn getdiskrawname "char *buf" "size_t buflen" "const char *name"
44.Ft const char *
45.Fn getdiskcookedname "char *buf" "size_t buflen" "const char *name"
46.Sh DESCRIPTION
47The
48.Fn getdiskrawname
49function converts the
50.Fa name
51argument that contains a path to a disk block device node to the
52path that contains the corresponding character device node.
53The
54.Fn getdiskcookedname
55function converts the
56.Fa name
57argument that contains a path to a disk character device node to the
58path that contains the corresponding block device node.
59.Sh RETURN VALUES
60On success the absolute pathname of the underlying device node is returned.
61On failure
62.Dv NULL
63is returned and
64.Va errno
65contains the reason for the error.
66.Sh HISTORY
67The
68.Fn getdiskrawname
69and
70.Fn getdiskcookedname
71functions appeared in
72.Nx 7.0 .
73